Muhammed Ali Smadi, Engineering Manager

Muhammed Ali Smadi

Engineering Manager

AlJaber Engineering

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION
Experience
24 years, 1 month

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Total years of experience :24 years, 1 month

Engineering Manager at AlJaber Engineering
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2014

• Development of Functional Engineering Department responsible for the Engineering services to company projects.
• Develop Department strategy, projects responsibility matrix and engineering workflows.
• Development of Document Management System for all Engineering Department daily tasks using Microsoft SharePoint Server and Autodesk Vault.
• Design Management for EPC projects - Infrastructures.
• Develop Preliminary design drawings for lump sum EPC tenders.
• Implementation of BIM in the company; Invest in advanced tools that increase productivity and reduce the required Engineering working hours for projects’ delivery.
• Engineering Design Director for Design and Built Food Processing Plants project at Hamad Port, leading a group of 12 local and international consultantacy firms involved in the design process of the project.

Project Contracts and Engineering Manager at COPRI CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES EST., UAE
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2013 to August 2014

The responsibilities associated with this role include managing a team of employed engineers in Technical Department. Also responsible for preparing the Contractor’s Claims related to the Project Slowdown and Suspension in additional to fixing the additional works prices. Moreover, responsible for creating a new project control system and cost control to manage completion the project within the specified duration and budget. The scope for development in this role is huge as it is a five-year-old contract and it will be my responsibility secure Contractor rights for the experienced slowdown and suspension due to Delayed Payment. Also to manage to complete the works as per agreed revised completion date. Also, was responsible for preparing design proposals and design variation for crossing roads, underpasses and storm pipe network.
Mission:
• Highway Design Development.
• Develop and lead the Project Engineering Department
• Manage Planning, Scheduling and Project Reporting
• Cost Engineering & Estimating
• Risk and Delay Claims:
o Prepare Contractor’s Claim for suffered Slow Down and Suspension of Works by Contractor due to Delayed Payment. The Claimed amount reaches 30 million USD.

Technical Manager, Training & BIM Manager at MID CONTRACTING CO.
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2011 to December 2013

• Design Management and Development of Infrastructure Projects.
• Development of Central Engineering Department responsible for the Engineering services to company remote projects.
• Implementation of BIM in the company; Invest in advanced tools to increase productivity.
• Development of Document Management System for all Engineering Department daily tasks using Microsoft SharePoint Server and Autodesk Vault.
Projects’ Summary:
• Phosphoric & Sulfuric Acid Plant,
Client: Jordan- India Fertilizer Company (JIFCO)
Value: 200 million USD EPC Contract
Responsibilities: Develop Design Drawings from SNC Lavalin's conceptual design drawing, and design coordination between all disciplines include but not limited to:
• Roads & Platforms
• Landscape
• Storm network
• Sewerage network & STP
• Low current network
• Street lighting
• Fire Fighting network
• Potable Water Network
• Pipe rack structure layout

• Water Supply Development of 6 Deep Wells at Eshidiya Mine Complex - Infrastructure Works - Jordan
Client: Jordan Phosphate Mines Company
Value: 20 million USD EPC Contract
Responsibilities: Develop Design Drawings from MWH conceptual design drawing and design coordination between all disciplines include but not limited to:
• Slip Form for two mega reservoirs
• Slip Form for the cooling tower
• Main Access Roads
• Six Wellhead platforms
• Conveying Pipeline.
• Infrastructure utilities

• JPMC new Phosphate Rock Terminal Port- Storage Facility:
Client: Jordan Phosphate Mines Company
Value: 70 million USD EPC Contract
Responsibilities: Develop Design Drawings from conceptual design and design coordination between all disciplines include but not limited to:
• Warehouses and Steel Silos
• Pipe Belt Conveying system
• Roads and yards design and modeling.
• Rigid pavement design with detailed construction drawings
• Slope protection, Landscaping and traffic design.
• Amman Development Corridor-III:
Client: Ministry of Public Works and Housing
Value: 85 million USD
Responsibilities: Project Manager
Project Description
• Construction of dual carriageway with 2 x 3.65 m travel lanes in each direction plus 3.0 m shoulders plus 0.50m verge and a central median of 4.5m wide with New Jersey barrier. The total roadway width is 26.10m with the minimum right of way of 80m. Climbing lanes are added where applicable and the road length is 8.5km.
• Construction of 7 Overpasses and 3 No.'s Underpasses
• Relocation, realignment and diversion of existing utilities.
• Construction of Viaduct #2, pre-cast girder structure with post-tensioning and 340m long with a 50m section constructed with structural steel beams
• Construction of approximately ten (10) km of service roads.
• Various reinforced box culverts and protection structures around Existing Siphon pipeline of which the biggest is 10m wide, 6m in height and 65m long
• Telecommunication civil works
• Street lighting civil works for the mainline and interchanges
• Traffic signing, traffic marking, traffic safety installations and slope protection treatments
• Drainage works including culverts, dikes, slope protection and ditches

Design and BIM Manager & Autodesk Training Manager at Rho Engineering
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2006 to June 2011

Provide Design, Detailing & BIM Services for International Project as:
• Manifa Causeway Site Preparations Project, Dosari - ARAMCO-KSA
More than 31km of access roads, 33 million sq.m project area, 700'000sq.m evaporation ponds, sewage network and pump station, drainage structures and more than 4millions cu.m of earthwork.
• Jaber Borders Center Extension
Conducting projects expansion to increase the capacity of the Centre to provide services level best for visitors to the two countries and because of the increased traffic through the border post where he was the establishment of a new parking yard and cargo yards.
• Qatraneh Cement Plant Access Road Design
The design of 6km Two Lane undivided urban Highway linking the cement plant with the Desert Highway.
• Zarqa Military Camps Infrastructure
The main items of infrastructure works (which spread over an area of 700, 000 m2 of existing military camps) include but are not limited to the following:
o Roads Design and Construction
o water supply network comprising of polyethylene and ductile iron pipes including main supply and house connection total length of pipes of different diameters = 13.150 km.
o The design of Wastewater sewage network.
o The design of Storm Water Network.
o The Design of Retaining walls
o The Detailing of main trunk line, total length 7.0 km Dia 700mm
• Sweimeh Beach Resort - Dead Sea
• Crown Plaza Resort - Dead Sea
• Pediatric Hospital - Amman
• Australian Embassy - Amman
• Darwazeh Complex
• Zara TalaBay - Aqaba
• Tafila Wind Farm Infrastructure

Education

Master's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 2010

- M.SC. CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION, University of Jordan, 2010.

Bachelor's degree, CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • at Jordan University of Science & Technology
  • June 2000

- B.SC. CIVIL ENGINEERING, STRUCTURES Jordan University of Science & Technology 2000.

Specialties & Skills

Structural
Highways
Infrastructure Projects
AUTODESK
BRIDGES
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
ENGINEER
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGER
TRAINING
VALUE ENGINEERING
Lean Design and Construction

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Engineers Association
  • Member
  • June 2000
Asphalt Technology Committee - MPWH
  • Member
  • January 2009
Upgrading Engineering Services Committee
  • Member
  • January 2008